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I remember talking with a self proclaimed anarchist. When he said he was an anarchist, I figured he'd sound like some right-wing nut job prepping for war with the US government with a stockpile of machine guns and hand grenades. After he got through explaining it, he sounded like a left wing nut job. I don't know where his version of "everybody is equal" in an anarchy comes from. In my anarchy, the strong steamroll the weak at will, and I think thats a more realistic assesment of how anarchy would ultimatley play out.
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Originally Posted by new coup for you  I've flirted with various degrees of Makhnovist anarcho-socialism | anarcho-socialism? Thats kinda a strange term. What do you mean exactly by it?
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Originally Posted by WI Crippler I remember talking with a self proclaimed anarchist. When he said he was an anarchist, I figured he'd sound like some right-wing nut job prepping for war with the US government with a stockpile of machine guns and hand grenades. After he got through explaining it, he sounded like a left wing nut job. I don't know where his version of "everybody is equal" in an anarchy comes from. In my anarchy, the strong steamroll the weak at will, and I think thats a more realistic assesment of how anarchy would ultimatley play out. | I guess it depends on what you mean by anarchy. If, for example, the strong did steamroll the weak then, by my definition of anarchy, it would cease to be such. | |
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Originally Posted by WI Crippler I remember talking with a self proclaimed anarchist. When he said he was an anarchist, I figured he'd sound like some right-wing nut job prepping for war with the US government with a stockpile of machine guns and hand grenades. After he got through explaining it, he sounded like a left wing nut job. I don't know where his version of "everybody is equal" in an anarchy comes from. In my anarchy, the strong steamroll the weak at will, and I think thats a more realistic assesment of how anarchy would ultimatley play out. | There was a dude in college who tried to recruit me int othe "Anarchy Club". I asked him if he was cool with me beating the **** out of him and he gave me a strange look.
He was in an anarchy club and I was the weirdo.  | |
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Originally Posted by Tucker Case There was a dude in college who tried to recruit me int othe "Anarchy Club". I asked him if he was cool with me beating the **** out of him and he gave me a strange look.
He was in an anarchy club and I was the weirdo. | I don't think its right to call people 'weirdo' for having radical political beliefs. After all, everything is subjective. | |
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Originally Posted by FinnMacCool I don't think its right to call people 'weirdo' for having radical political beliefs. After all, everything is subjective. | No, you misunderstand, he was a weirdo because he belonged to an organized social group dedicated to the deconstruction of organized social groups. | |
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Originally Posted by FinnMacCool I guess it depends on what you mean by anarchy. If, for example, the strong did steamroll the weak then, by my definition of anarchy, it would cease to be such. | The problem with anarchy is that its an idealist endeavor. Those always fail, in the face of reality. The reality of the world is, that the rights of the weak exist by the grace of the powerful. | |
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Originally Posted by Tucker Case No, you misunderstand, he was a weirdo because he belonged to an organized social group dedicated to the deconstruction of organized social groups. | There's nothing wrong with organization. Without organization, you can't achieve anything. | |
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Originally Posted by Tucker Case Someone needs to regulate the C.H.U.D.s... | Canabalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers?
hah, I remember that movie lol.
I assume you meant something else though 
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Originally Posted by FinnMacCool There's nothing wrong with organization. Without organization, you can't achieve anything. | Can there be a president of the anarchy club? | |
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